Latin America Physical Geography – Flashcards
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What are Latin America's four district regions?
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Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and South America
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The Caribbean Islands are considered what?
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archipelagos
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What are archipelagos?
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a group of islands
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Language Latin America can be roughly divided into what?
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Spanish speaking countries, Portuguese speaking countries, and other European languages such as English, French, and Dutch
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What are Latin Americas mountain ranges?
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The Andes, The Sierra Madre Occidental, and the Sierra Madre Oriental
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A geographic region that covers most of eastern, central, and southern Brazil
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Brazilian Highlands
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What is the climate of the Brazilian Highlands? Name a characteristic of this area.
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Tropical wet and dry climate zones; this area also has rolling hills
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What are the important waterways and rivers in Latin America?
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Amazon River, The Rio Grande, Panama Canal, Parana, and the Orinoco
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Where is the Amazon River located in?
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South America
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The Amazon River drains a large that is known as what?
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The Amazon Basin
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Smaller rivers that flow into a larger river
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tributaries
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Large boats can travel up to transport goods to the cities located along its banks; The Amazon river has this characteristic
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navigable
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Part of the Rio Grande is a border between which two countries?
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United States and Mexico
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Important waterway that cut through the isthmus of Panama
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Panama Canal
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What year was the Panama Canal completed?
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1914
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The southernmost tip of South America
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Cape Horn
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What are the two predominant climates zones in Latin America?
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tropical wet and tropical wet and dry
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The equator runs through where?
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Ecuador to Brazil
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The area near the equator that is warm
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low latitudes
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The major archipelagos in Latin America are what?
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The Greater Antilles which is composed of Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico and the lesser Antilles
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Where do the Sierra Madre Oriental and Occidentals run?
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Along the east and west coast of Mexico
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What lies between the Oriental and Occidentals?
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Mexican Plateau
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High flat plains
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Altiplano
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Grow in tropical wet climate zones
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tropical rainforests
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Gets precipitation on a daily basis and a high temperature
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tropical wet climate zone
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The seasons in South America are reversed from our seasons because they are in what hemisphere?
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Southern Hemisphere
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What is the Rio Grande a good example of?
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a physical barrier
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Where do the Andes mountains extend from?
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Colombia to the southern tip of Chile
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What type of climate does most of Mexico have?
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arid to semi arid climate
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Vegetation in Latin America includes what?
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tropical rainforests, Pampas, Llanos, and Cerrados
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Why does Latin America have many volcanoes and earthquakes?
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because part of Latin America is located on the Ring of Fire
